EDITORIAL: A how-to for car hackers

The new vehicle you've just spent 40 months engineering, testing and validating, that's soon to be in customer hands, is now a big, fat target. The hackers want in.

How robust was your threat modeling during development? Where among the vehicle's many potential entry points-the high-risk “attack surfaces” including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, the OBDII port, tire pressure monitoring system, infotainment, CAN bus, sensors and even an electric car's charging connections-could malicious external data sneak past your built-in defenses to wreak havoc?